NEWPORT NEWS, Va., (WAVY) — A new $300 million data center is being constructed in Newport News for the Department of Energy. Regional leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 12 to begin ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility's new data center on Friday, an amenity which will serve as a ...

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What to know about the local backlash against the booming data center industry, the era of me-first energy and more climate news. By Claire Brown The backlash against energy-guzzling data centers has ...

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On Thursday night the New York State Legislature passed a one-year moratorium on data centers that would pause permits for the facilities. The law would also require new data ...

Just when you thought the AI data center boom couldn’t get any crazier, Meta has gone and built data centers in tents. The strategy appears to borrow in equal parts from Tesla and xAI. In a bid to cut ...

PHOENIX—A new style of architecture is rising in the sprawling suburbs of the Sonoran Desert: windowless data centers that hum 24 hours a day and guzzle as much electricity as a midsize city. As ...

The building at 301 Virginia St. in downtown Seattle, formerly a Bed Bath & Beyond store. (Image via King County property records) A Texas company has formally signaled plans to build a data center in ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Amid criticism of a proliferated data center rollout, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the state should welcome tech companies that can follow environmental and energy standards when building ...

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is looking to create more transparency around the United States' data center boom with a new, trackable website. In April, Brockovich launched a website called ...